Significant Dates in Black History
This is the date Juneteenth was first celebrated.
When is June 19, 1865?
Why is Juneteenth significant to the African American Community?
Because not all African Americans were free even after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation.
This is American singer was nicknamed the “Queen of Neo Soul”?
Who is Erykah Badu?
The president who issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
These are the colors that represent Juneteenth.
What is red, black and green?
This is the year Texas first declared Juneteenth a state holiday.
When is 1980?
Juneteenth is also celebrated under these names.
What is Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, and Cel-Liberation Day, Second Independence Day, and Emancipation Day.
This Georgia based girl group was best known for hits such as “Waterfalls” and “No Scrubs”.
Who is TLC?
This Civil Rights Activist planned the Poor Peoples March to coincide with Juneteenth.
Who is MLK?
This is the period after Juneteenth when many former slaves left the area in great numbers to find family members and make their way in the postbellum United States.
What is Scatter?
The date slavery was abolished in the nation’s capital.
When is April 16th,1862?
The length of time after the Emancipation Proclamation that it took for slaves in Texas to learn that they had been freed
How long is two and half years ?
This singer was the first black artist to be on the cover of the “Rolling Stone” magazine.
Who is Tina Turner?
This is the union army general who proclaimed freedom from slavery in Texas on June 19th 1865.
Who is Gordon Granger?
These three states are the only ones in the Union to not recognize Juneteenth.
What are Hawaii, North Dakota, South Dakota
The first enslaved African was documented in what is now Florida and Texas this year.
When is 1528?
The creator of the official Juneteenth flag.
Who is Ben Haith?
There is a statue of this iconic Jazz artist erected in Baltimore at Pennsylvania and West Lafayette avenues.
Who is Billie Holiday?
The author of the novel named “Juneteenth” that was published in 1999, increased national recognition of the holiday.
Who is Ralph Ellison?
The percentage of soldiers who fought in the Union Army that were African American
What is 10%
The black national anthem "Lift every voice and sing" was composed by two brothers James Weldon Johnson & John Rosamond Johnson this year
What is 1900
The color(s) of the Juneteenth Flag
What is Red White and Blue
This Famous jazz Trumpeteer who is credited for putting the genre of jazz itself, “on the map.”
Who is Louis Armstrong?
This activist rallied others behind a campaign to make Juneteenth a federal holiday and she is known as the grandmother of Juneteenth
What is Opal Lee?
According to the 1860 census, this percentage of the population represented the approximate amount of slaves throughout the United States
What is 12%?